1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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So today was not much on the car front: I brought the 404 Coupé rear glass into the living room along with the new gasket and 8 stainless steel trim pieces - 4 long ones and 4 corners.  The word on the street is that the trim must be mounted before trying to put the screen in.  Well the long pieces are straight and the screen is a little curved so once installed, the trim has to be taped to the rubber so it won't pop out!  I may try installing it Sunday, using string and dish soap.

1-7-2020

I have a brand new head to use.  It will have hardened exhaust seats installed before use.  I haven't discussed the scope of work with the shop in Victoria that I'll use for machining but at a minimum the moving train will be balanced on top of the usual machining needs.  It might be simpler to have them do most of the work.    Before whipping the flywheel off I punched the flywheel and crank end to mark their relative location.

The head gasket will be a Reinz rather than bimetallic and that is thinner, hence the CR should move up to about 9.3:1 from 8.8.  I expect the power will nominally be about 100 bhp.  Reinz gaskets are better in terms of reliability too.

The pistons are domed and come above block height at TDC.  The modern valve grind technique will no doubt be what the shop will recommend anyway. They used to do Rudi’s mechanical/machining. I’ll take their advice, whatever that may be.

1-19-2020

F & F Safety Plate, the brand of windshield fitted to my car since at least January 1974, when...the last vehicle test was done (not required since 1983)

And the windshield is in!